1 PBS Ba-heto ketiju nofei Festus keraka Kaisarea ti Yerusalem. BSB BSB: Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
2 PBS Kei tebarube pa teba Yahudi rube tafa tete rukeho pa Paulus tehejae-ke. BSB BSB: where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
3 PBS Hupala heveu tewa-ke, ko Paulus-we tetakikite, kei teniko Paulus toto Yerusalem. Pa te-pitewako ke-tejati kewawa lohoule. BSB BSB: to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
4 PBS Pa Festus pinakele, kei Paulus kemomo apa Kaisarea-i pa kewoi kepule keputiti iale. BSB BSB: But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
5 PBS Kelo: "Hefe pepei eba ruletoi ela nipa nenefua pa piehehaelewe newe-etete-ke, anara feukotu." BSB BSB: So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
7 PBS Paulus tojuiapa, teba Yahudi faja Yerusalem-toi Paulus we tekowa pa pilelepa rere nawo tehejae-ke pakei janauraka. BSB BSB: When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
8 PBS Puto Paulus no-keke kekaki, kelo: "Jataleura janilete feraka, kei te Tata make na teba Yahudi na Tata Pake na te kebarube tete." BSB BSB: Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
9 PBS Pa Festus teba Yahudi pute kelolole, pina kele Paulus, kelo: "Me-pule mememe Yerusalem pena, ura me-tehejaetewe pi-netete fua?" BSB BSB: But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
10 PBS Pa Paulus lote: "Ni-uawe nirulewea keba teteho pa kewe ni-telafufute. Anara mewo pu-bamua, jatalera teba Jahudi jau nileteferaka. BSB BSB: Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
11 PBS Pa, anara bamua jauniletefe pa jafeu nileko ni-ekati ni-wuwule, ni-wuwule nonitupi, pa, anara jaehehahae ni-i-bamuaka, baura ni-kekele anarapina heve te-te. Ni-erere tebapaho kebatete!" BSB BSB: If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
12 PBS Teba pijae kopate pitewapa, Festus pinale: "Me-ema tebapaho kebatete, peanya me-meme kebatete-ho." BSB BSB: Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
13 PBS Ba-nararau wepa kebatete Agripa tena Bernike teto Kaisarea lo-tenaketo tabeja tete Festus te. BSB BSB: After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
14 PBS Kaipa te-banararau tete-eia, Festus Paulus pike kelei keba rubetete, kelo: "Kewe keba-apateu Feliks lufati pu-keka. BSB BSB: Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.
15 PBS Pu nile-e Yerusalem, teba rube pa teba huhu Yahudikebaia tehejae pa tewa ke atepepe. BSB BSB: While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
16 PBS Te-pinanile, kei teba Roma tenaiaete batehejaei tekeni anara piwahoheto ke-teketutete tebapaho teba ke-tehejae pa loteweni no-keke tuta kelele. BSB BSB: I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
17 PBS Peanya tela-nipa nelupa-to. Fepa kebai nikare tebapaho pa kebai niloko teketuto. BSB BSB: So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.
18 PBS Pa pu teba ke-tehejaei tepajure, tehejaei baura pileka pa jafefe kelei anara nihuoe. BSB BSB: But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.
19 PBS Pa tewowo hupala hoho te-ke lupopo jatete, pa-te bau batikeke Yesus, kewa, kei Paulus kelo bamua, kewaka. BSB BSB: They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20 PBS Pa ni-anara rowo pitai nilafunanene, ni-howe mememe Yerusalem pena, u-pi-memewe teteteia. BSB BSB: Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
21 PBS Pa Paulus piwe kewe-eteho. Ke-wa, ke-momo apa pa kekoi, ko pi-kekewe Kebatete ma-lele. Peanya niloko ke-mo apako ke-nikeletiti Keba-tetele." BSB BSB: But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”
22 PBS Agripa lote Festus: "Ni-lulu lau kekewole." Festus lote: "Fe mewo lo-memepa mepupu kewo." BSB BSB: Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
23 PBS Fe-pa Agripa tena Bernike noja tetepa to pa tekete je-pitetetetei taba rubepa teba huhu ja-nofeia, Festus pikewelete, Paulus ekalolo-ne-ho. BSB BSB: The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
24 PBS Festus lote: "Ea meba tete pa ebafa lupa lalo kopa nemote. Kebawe e-fu, teba Yahudi tupa ke-tehejae, kei teba mete Yerusalem, patekau metewe. Te-to-ni pa hipa napa tehe-e pa teni, jo fitowe kemomoka. BSB BSB: Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.
25 PBS Pa ni-lo, kebawe jau keletefeko ke-ekati kewawale koka pa kei ke-eti keba tete ho, ni-loko ke-teketutete keba tete ho. BSB BSB: But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
26 PBS Pa jaura no-keke japu ni-letete keba tete koka. Peanya ke-ni-kalo ebapa ho kewea, lopana me, meba tete Agripa, u, ke-melafulo, janapepeu niweko japu nilele. BSB BSB: I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.
27 PBS Pa ni-huoi lumaraheka keba apawe neketela pihupa tehejae ke-raka." BSB BSB: For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”
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